Anthropic Leases 95-Megawatt Phase of Nova Scotia Data Center

Anthropic has signed a long-term lease for the first phase of a planned data center in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, securing a 95-megawatt site for Claude and its first Canadian data-center agreement.

The initial phase is targeted for late 2027. EverWind plans a second stage adding 325 megawatts in 2028, which would bring the campus to 420 megawatts. That expansion remains subject to commercial, technical and regulatory conditions.

Required grid studies and approvals must be completed before the planned expansion connects. Provincial system-planning and utility processes are assessing the development’s effects on the grid. EverWind has committed to fund electricity-system costs attributable to the project.

EverWind plans the campus at its existing industrial site in Point Tupper. Its wider energy portfolio includes four onshore wind projects — Bear Lake, Windy Ridge, Kmtnuk and Upper Afton — along with battery storage and planned green-hydrogen and ammonia projects. The wind portfolio is intended to help meet industrial demand, including demand from the campus.

Based on current design assumptions, water use is projected at about 100,000 liters per day during the initial phase and about 500,000 liters per day at full 420-megawatt capacity. These are estimates for the planned facility, not operating measurements.

EverWind projects about 2,000 construction positions across the staged build-out. Its estimate of 215 permanent operating positions covers both the data-center campus and the wind portfolio, a separate scope from the construction jobs.

Jacob Glick, Anthropic’s head of public policy in Canada, said, “Canadians use Claude at some of the highest rates in the world, and this brings our infrastructure closer to the people who rely on it.” EverWind founder and CEO Trent Vichie said, “Responsible development means protecting ratepayers, safeguarding local water resources and delivering lasting benefits for communities.”

The first Point Tupper phase remains targeted for late 2027, while the larger build-out depends on required studies, approvals and other conditions.